Huda also detailed how she used to be jealous of her younger sister Mona as she competed in pageants and “looked like a doll”.

“If you know anything about Middle Eastern families, the lighter-skinned you are, the more beautiful you are,” she said. “Ultimately, I just felt like I didn’t belong, and I wanted to feel beautiful... I felt like if I could feel beautiful, it would solve a lot of my insecurities.”